Newport County are hoping their home clash with Forest Green today is not their latest fixture to fall foul of the wet weather.

Justin Edinburgh’s high-fliers saw their Blue Square Bet Premier clash at Hereford on Saturday rained off and are facing a pitch inspection at Rodney Parade this morning to see if the clash with Rovers will go ahead.

The Exiles are currently second in the division and their last action was a 2-1 win at Forest Green back on Boxing Day.

If today’s clash does get the green light, County look set to be without skipper David Pipe who is suffering with a hamstring strain and who could also be a doubt for Friday night’s televised Welsh derby when the Exiles entertain Wrexham. The North Walians missed the chance to leap-frog Newport on Saturday after being held to a 2-2 draw by Tamworth at the Racecourse.

The Exiles have no new injury problems, with striker Danny Crow closing in on a first-team return. The ex-Luton player has been out for the best part of ten weeks since initially straining a hamstring against Ebbsfleet on October 9. He briefly returned to the side, but aggravated the injury in training and hasn’t featured since the beginning of November, but could play a part this week.

Edinburgh is also boosted today by the return of left-back Andy Sandell, who missed the New Lawn visit after collecting five yellow cards.

With the transfer window now open, Edinburgh has also met the Exiles’ directors about potential January transfer activity, but the Newport board insists prudence is going to be the watchword as the County boss and his men look to keep up the pace at the top of the division.

“We have already met with Justin to discuss January and he’s mentioned a couple of names, but it’s not easy to sign players even though we will support him,” said director Howard Greenhaf.

“People are associating us with Les (Scadding, chairman) obviously and his (Euro Millions) money, but We are not going to spend for the sake of it and will approach everything with an open mind.